Agora Object: J 232
Inventory Number:   J 232
Section Number:   ΒΕ 1887
Conservation Number:   3013
Title:   Tear Drop Shaped Faience Beads
Category:   Jewelry & Gems
Description:   Seventeen beads: eight appear to be complete; the other nine are partially truncated.
Long tear drop shape with vertical grooves, pierced through center.
White creamy glass paste.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Handling:   Delicate. Handle very carefully!
Notebook Page:   8859
Dimensions:   L. ca. 0.009-0.013; Diam. ca. 0.005-0.007
Material:   Faience
Date:   24 July 1998
Section:   ΒΕ
Grid:   K/1,3-2/5,6
Elevation:   52.09-51.151m.
Masl:   51.151-52.09m.
Deposit:   K 2:5
Bibliography:   Hesperia 72 (2003), p. 271, no. 48 h, fig. 39.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 72 (2003)
Report: 1998 Excavations
Image: 1998.01.0011
Image: 1998.01.0012
Image: 1999.02.0310
Deposit: K 2:5
Card: J 232